SEQUATCHIE VALLEY FEST

SEQUATCHIE VALLEY FEST

by | May 10, 2022 | Events, Tennessee, Travel

Karen and I have passed this lookout, with a sweeping view of the beautiful Sequatchie Valley, dozens of times going and coming from day trips to hike waterfall trails in the far eastern portion of the Appalachian Mountains. This was the first time we stopped. On...
THE ELUSIVE JULIA FALLS

THE ELUSIVE JULIA FALLS

by | May 6, 2022 | Hiking, Tennessee, Water Falls

100-foot Julia Falls is inaccessible on foot. Flowing from a sheer bluff on the side of a vast canyon in the Tennessee River Gorge, a way to hike to the cataract remains uncharted. Just minutes from downtown Chattanooga, Signal Mountain is a maze of crossing roads,...
RAVEN CLIFF FALLS

RAVEN CLIFF FALLS

by | Apr 24, 2022 | Hiking, Travel, Water Falls

After our visit to Gibbs Gardens (4-20-22), we spent the night in Dahlonega, GA. We departed the “Gold City” early for the 45-minute drive to the Raven Cliff Falls Trailhead and were the first car to arrive in the small parking lot of one of...
GIBBS GARDENS

GIBBS GARDENS

by | Apr 23, 2022 | Travel

Karen needed a flower fix and the meager smattering of blooms we encountered during our mountain hikes were not enough. We took off to Ball Ground, GA to tour Gibbs Gardens’ 336-acres of meticulously-manicured gardens among meandering creeks, ponds and lakes,...